Tweet Just in time for New Year’s dinner, Google has a new mobile interface for recipe search. I searched for [avocado mayo] and noticed a long list of keywords below the search box and ads: salad, chicken, shrimp, vegan, bacon and more. You can select more than one keyword and this helps you refine the results. When selecting a related search, you get a completely different interface that only shows…

Tweet YouTube has recently started to experiment with replacing Google+ notifications in the navigation bar with YouTube notifications. You get notifications for recently uploaded videos from your subscribed channels, but only if you’ve enabled notifications for those channels. For example, you can go to the subscription manager and click the bell icon next to a channel to enable or disable notifications. The settings button sends you to the Notifications section…

Tweet Google’s knowledge graph card tests a feature that lets you like or dislike movies and TV shows. For example, when you search for “It’s a Wonderful Life”, you can click like or dislike and check the percentage of Google users who liked it. The same buttons show up when you search for a TV show like “Saturday Night Live”. Search Engine Land reports that Google confirmed this experiment, which…

Tweet For some reason, Google Translate now has a limit of 5000 characters per translation. There’s even a character counter at the bottom of the input box. If you happen to paste a long text that has more than 5000 characters, you’ll get an error message (“maximum characters exceeded: X characters over 5000 maximum”) and a “translate more” option that lets you translate the rest of the text. I don’t…

Tweet When you search Google for [Christmas], [Hanukkah], [Kwanzaa], [Festivus] or other related queries, you’ll see some special decorations related to each holiday. Festivus is “a holiday celebrated by those seeking an alternative to the commercialism and pressures of the Christmas holiday season.” Christmas trees, Santa Claus, the Christmas star adorn the Google search page and bring the hoiday spirit. The Hanukkah menorah and Kwanzaa’s Mishumaa Saba (The Seven Candles)…